Husband of Ana Knezevich Henao, Who Vanished in Spain Months Ago, Is Now Charged with Murder

Mar. 15, 2025

Ana Knezevich.Photo:National Center for the Missing in Spain

National Center for the Missing in Spain

The husband ofAna Knezevich Henao, who went missing on a trip to Spain, has been charged with murder in connection with her disappearance.

David Knezevich, 36, was indicted Wednesday, Nov. 13, on charges of foreign domestic violence resulting in death and foreign murder of a United States national.

Knezevich has been in federal custody since May after he was was charged with kidnapping resulting in death.

Ana’s body has never been found.

Ana’s disappearance from her apartment in Madrid, Spain, on Feb. 2 made international headlines.

Knezevich, an IT specialist, quickly became the prime suspect.

According to friends, Ana had traveled from Florida to Madrid on December 27, 2023, after the couple separated.

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David Knezevich.

Ana’s best friend Sanna Rameau previously told PEOPLE that Ana wanted to start a non-profit in Spain “helping women that have been abused or been in a bad situation.”

“She wanted the divorce to go through, and she said that’s what she wanted to do after splitting up everything,” Rameau said.

A banner of a Colombian-born American missing woman Ana Maria Knezevich Henao.AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

About an hour later, around 10:30 p.m., the same man was seen walking off the elevator with what looked like a suitcase.

Spanish police later searched her apartment and found no traces of her cell phone, laptop computer or chargers.

During the investigation, authorities tracked down the retailer that sold the brand of paint used to spray over the security camera and discovered surveillance footage of “an individual who appeared to be [David] Knezevich purchasing the spray paint along with two rolls of duct tape” on Feb. 2.

Ana Knezevich Henao.National Center for the Missing in Spain

Investigators also spoke to a Colombian woman who met Knezevich online in Oct. 2023. The woman told authorities that Knezevich reached out to her on WhatsApp on Feb. 3 asking for her help translating a message into “perfect Colombian.”

Knezevich allegedly told her that the translation was for a friend in Serbia “who is writing a script about a Colombian character.”

The woman later contacted authorities after her mother Googled Knezevich and “learned that his wife had been reported missing in Madrid,” the complaint states.

From there, authorities claim he drove to Spain to kidnap his estranged wife. The rental car agency owner told authorities that Knezevich returned the car with tinted windows and different license plate frames.

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source: people.com